Exercise rider Lindsey Molina nuzzled the horse Rendezvous in the stable of trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The horse ran fourth in the Derby Trial on opening day of Churchill Downs on Saturday. "He's got this thing," she said. "I'll cup my hands and he'll put his nose right in there." April 27, 2009.

Chicago, Ill., March 28, 2008 — Chicago Mercantile Exchange traders in the open outcry S&P 500 pit as markets continue to swing erratically 100+ points a day up or down. The mortgage crisis is being played out on Wall Street and the world's financial markets.

Barack Obama addresses Inaugural crowd after being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America, Jan. 20, 2009. An estimated 2 million people attended the ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Early child labor at a U.S. cotton mill, 1909. Some boys and girls were so small that they had to climb up to the spinning frame to work on broken threads and empty bobbins. Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga.